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Watch party tonight: CTX Community

participated in build project for popular ABC show airing tonight

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, featuring the Zdroj family of Smithville who received a new home courtesy of the ABC reality show after losing theirs in the September 2011 wildfires, will air Monday, December 3 at 7 p.m. CST. During the filming of the show, Concordia University Texas presented three full college scholarships to the children of the Zdroj family.

The Concordia community invites you to tonight's Watch Party on campus, starting at 6:45 p.m. in the University's Chapel (Building A). The event is free. Snacks will be provided.

Whitney Neimann, the eldest of the Zdroj children, has decided to put her full Concordia scholarship to use and will begin classes through Concordia’s Accelerated Degree Program (ADP) in January. The University’s Accelerated Degree Program offers a flexible schedule with classes meeting one night per week.

In addition to presenting the children with scholarships, more than 120 Concordia volunteers served more than 750 hours working on the around-the-clock home building project during the week of filming in December 2011.

“Our mission is based on servant leadership,” Dr. Tom Cedel, president of Concordia University Texas, said. “Extreme Makeover: HomeEdition gave this deserving family a home, and we were proud to have our students, faculty and staff take part in the effort. We are also thrilled to welcome Whitney Niemann into our Concordia family as she begins classes in January.”

Not including the hours spent volunteering on the Extreme Makeover: HomeEdition project, since September 2011, Concordia volunteers have served more than 1,400 hours cleaning home sites in Bastrop County, distributing clothing at shelter locations and collecting funds to aid families in wildfire recovery efforts.